Fluminense equaled this Monday at home 2-2 with Saintsin a result that keeps him firmly in third place in the Brazilian tournament and ratifies his good run, but that aggravates, on the other hand, the crisis of the São Paulo team.
The Rio de Janeiro team scored the goals with the Colombian Jhon Arias and the creative Paulo Henrique Ganso, while Luiz Felipe and Marcos Leonardo scored for the hosts.
Santos, led by coach Lisca, took the lead, but then the Rio de Janeiro team came back and when it seemed like they were pocketing a win, Marcos Leonardo equalized the actions.
Argentine striker Germán Ezequiel Cano, forward for Fluminense and top scorer in the tournament with twelve goals, played the ninety minutes, while Ecuadorian Mario Pineida entered the final minutes. At Santos, the Uruguayan creative Carlos Sánchez started and his compatriot Rodrigo Fernández acted in the second half.
With the tie, the team from Rio de Janeiro reached 35 points, seven less than the leader Palmeiras, while Santos remains in the middle of the table with 27 points, in ninth place.
The match between Santos and Fluminense closed the twentieth round of Series A of the Brazilian Soccer Championship, which has Palmeiras and Corinthians from São Paulo, led by Portuguese coaches Abel Ferreira and Vítor Pereira, in the top positions.
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